2000 (73rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2000. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA) David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran, Producers.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee, Producers.

Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia. Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, Producers.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers.

Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany) Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls, Grandview Pictures Production; Fine Line Features.

Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco)

Tom Hanks in Cast Away, ImageMovers/Playtone Production; 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks.

Ed Harris in Pollock, Brant/Allen Films/Zeke Films/Fred Berner Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics.

Geoffrey Rush in Quills, Industry Entertainment/Walrus & Associates, Ltd. Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Germany, USA)

Actress in a Leading Role

Joan Allen in The Contender, Battleground in association with the SE8 Group Production; DreamWorks and Cinerenta/Cinecontender. (USA, Germany, UK)

Juliette Binoche in Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA)

Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Thousand Words Production; Artisan.

Laura Linney in You Can Count on Me, Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment Production; Paramount Classics/Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment in association with Cappa Productions.

Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Jeff Bridges in The Contender, Battleground in association with the SE8 Group Production; DreamWorks and Cinerenta/Cinecontender. (USA, Germany, UK)

Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire, Saturn Films Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, USA, Luxembourg)

Benicio Del Toro in Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany)

Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia.

Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Judi Dench in Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA)

Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock, Brant/Allen Films/Zeke Films/Fred Berner Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics.

Kate Hudson in Almost Famous, Vinyl Films Production; DreamWorks and Columbia.

Frances McDormand in Almost Famous, Vinyl Films Production; DreamWorks and Columbia.

Julie Walters in Billy Elliot, Working Title Films Production; Universal Focus. (UK, France)

Directing

Billy Elliot, Working Title Films Production; Universal Focus. (UK, France) Stephen Daldry.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Ang Lee.

Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia. Steven Soderbergh.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Ridley Scott.

Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany) Steven Soderbergh.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Tim Yip.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. Art direction by Michael Corenblith; set decoration by Merideth Boswell.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Art direction by Arthur Max; set decoration by Crispian Sallis.

Quills, Industry Entertainment/Walrus & Associates, Ltd. Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Germany, USA) Art direction by Martin Childs; set decoration by Jill Quertier.

Vatel, Legende Enterprises-Gaumont in association with Nomad, Timothy Burrill, T.F.1 Films Production; Miramax Films. (France, UK, Belgium) Art direction by Jean Rabasse; set decoration by Françoise Benoit-Fresco.

Cinematography

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Peter Pau.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) John Mathieson.

Malèna, Medusa Film in collaboration with TELE+ Production; Miramax Films. (Italy, USA) Lajos Koltai.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Working Title Production; Buena Vista. (UK, France, USA) Roger Deakins.

The Patriot, Mutual Film Company/Centropolis Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Germany) Caleb Deschanel.

Costume Design

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Tim Yip.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. Rita Ryack.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Janty Yates.

102 Dalmatians, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, UK) Anthony Powell.

Quills, Industry Entertainment/Walrus & Associates, Ltd. Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Germany, USA) Jacqueline West.

Documentary

(Feature)

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Sabine Films Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer.

Legacy, Nomadic Pictures Production. Tod Lending.

Long Night’s Journey into Day, Iris Films Production; Seventh Art. Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann.

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Social Media Production. Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker.

Sound and Fury, Production of Aronson Film Associates and Public Policy Productions; Artistic License Films. (UK, USA) Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg.

(Short Subject)

Big Mama, Birthmark Production. Tracy Seretean.

Curtain Call, NJN/White Whale Production. Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer.

Dolphins, MacGillivray Freeman Films Production. Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore.

The Man on Lincoln’s Nose, Adama Films Production. Daniel Raim.

On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom, On Tip Toe Production. Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz.

Film Editing

Almost Famous, Vinyl Films Production; DreamWorks and Columbia. Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Tim Squyres.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Pietro Scalia.

Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany) Stephen Mirrione.

Wonder Boys, Scott Rudin/Curtis Hanson Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company. (USA, Germany, UK, Japan) Dede Allen.

Foreign Language Film

Amores Perros, AltaVista Films Production; Lions Gate Films. (Mexico)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China)

Divided We Fall, Total Helpart T.H.A./Czech Television Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Czech Republic)

Everybody Famous!, Otomatic Production; Miramax Films. (Belgium, Netherlands, France)

The Taste of Others, Telema/Les Films A4/France 2 Cinema Production; Offline Entertainment and Miramax Zöe. (France)

Makeup

The Cell, Caro-McLeod/Radical Media Production; New Line. (USA, Germany) Michèle Burke and Edouard Henriques.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. Rick Baker and Gail Ryan.

Shadow of the Vampire, Saturn Films Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, USA, Luxembourg) Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley.

Music

(Original Score)

Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA) Rachel Portman.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Tan Dun.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Hans Zimmer.

Malèna, Medusa Film in collaboration with TELE+ Production; Miramax Films. (Italy, USA) Ennio Morricone.

The Patriot, Mutual Film Company/Centropolis Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Germany) John Williams.

(Original Song)

A Fool in Love from Meet the Parents, Universal Pictures Production; Universal and DreamWorks. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.

I’ve Seen It All from Dancer in the Dark, Fine Line Features/Zentropa Entertainments 4/Trust Film Svenska/Film I Vast/Liberator Production; Fine Line Features. (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Argentina, Norway, Taiwan, Belgium) Music by Björk; lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson.

A Love Before Time from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; lyric by James Schamus.

My Funnny Friend and Me from The Emperor’s New Groove, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Sting and David Hartley; lyric by Sting.

Things Have Changed from Wonder Boys, Scott Rudin/Curtis Hanson Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company. (USA, Germany, UK, Japan) Music and lyric by Bob Dylan.

Short Films

(Animated)

Father and Daughter, CinéTé Filmproductie bv/Cloudrunner Ltd. Production. (UK, Belgium, Netherlands) Michael Dudok de Wit.

The Periwig-Maker, Ideal Standard Film Production. (Germany) Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler.

Rejected, Bitter Films Production. Don Hertzfeldt.

(Live Action)

By Courier, Two Tequila Production. Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick.

One Day Crossing, Open Eyes Production. (Hungary, USA) Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi.

Quiero Ser (I Want to Be . . . ), Mondragon Films Production. (Mexico, Germany) Florian Gallenberger.

Seraglio, Seraglio Production. Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell.

A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol), UM Filmes Production. (Brazil) Paulo Machline.

Sound

Cast Away, ImageMovers/Playtone Production; 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Ken Weston.

The Patriot, Mutual Film Company/Centropolis Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Germany) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff.

The Perfect Storm, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and Keith A. Wester.

U-571, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Universal and Studio Canal. (France, USA) Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline and Ivan Sharrock.

Sound Editing

Space Cowboys, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.

U-571, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Universal and Studio Canal. (France, USA) Jon Johnson.

Visual Effects

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey.

Hollow Man, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Germany) Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk and Stan Parks.

The Perfect Storm, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier and Walt Conti.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA) Robert Nelson Jacobs.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Working Title Production; Buena Vista. (UK, France, USA) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany) Stephen Gaghan.

Wonder Boys, Scott Rudin/Curtis Hanson Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company. (USA, Germany, UK, Japan) Steve Kloves.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Almost Famous, Vinyl Films Production; DreamWorks and Columbia. Cameron Crowe.

Billy Elliot, Working Title Films Production; Universal Focus. (UK, France) Lee Hall.

Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia. Susannah Grant.

Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) Screenplay by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson; story by David Franzoni.

You Can Count on Me, Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment Production; Paramount Classics/Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment in association with Cappa Productions. Kenneth Lonergan.

Honorary Award

To Jack Cardiff, master of light and color. [ [Statuette]]

To Ernest Lehman, in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work. [ [Statuette]]

To Ioan Allen for the concept, Robin Bransbury for the design, and Mark Harrah for the implementation of the Trailer Audio Standards Association (TASA) Loudness Standard. [ [Award of Commendaton - Special Award Plaque]]

To N. Paul Kenworthy, Jr., in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Irwin W. Young

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Dino De Laurentiis

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

To Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull for their significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s “Renderman.” Their broad professional influence in the industry continues to inspire and contribute to the advancement of computer-generated imagery for motion pictures.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To Al Mayer, Sr. and Al Mayer, Jr., for the mechanical design, Iain Neil for the optical design and Brian Dang for the electronic design of the Panavision Millennium XL Camera System. This camera brings the full uncompromised performance of larger heavy-duty cameras to the lightest weight category with ruggedness and advanced features previously expected only in specialized or effects cameras.

To Joe Wary, Gerald Painter and Colin F. Mossman for the design and development of the Deluxe Laboratories Multi Roller Film Transport System. This release print system at Deluxe Laboratories utilizes a revolutionary design allowing for higher print volumes, reduced space requirements for loop racks and elevators, and safer operation.

To Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics for the electronic and software design of the Lynx C-50 Camera Motor System. This camera motor, operated with programmable microprocessors, achieves an unprecedented range of precisely controlled speeds in stand-alone cameras or when synchronized to motion-control systems.

To Akai Digital for the design and development of the DD8plus digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.

To Fairlight for the design and development of the DAD digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.

To Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) for the design and development of the DADR 5000 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.

To Timeline, Incorporated for the design and development of the MMR 8digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry. The above four digital audio dubbers have afforded the post-production community a faster, more cost-effective means of playing back hundreds of digital audio tracks for pre-mixing or final mixing in creating motion picture sound tracks. They also offer individual track slipping in multiple track configurations, random access recall, and both destructive and non-destructive editing capabilities, eliminating the requirements for razor blade conforming.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Leonard Pincus, Ashot Nalbandyan, George Johnson, Thomas Kong and David Pringle for the design and development of the SoftSun low pressure xenon long-arc light sources, their power supplies and fixtures. With the ability to dim these very high powered lights at essentially constant Kelvin temperature and without flicker, these units produce a bright and even light source for general set lighting. The availability of very high wattage units allows production to extend the hours of work past the time when the crew would otherwise have “lost the light.”

To Vic Armstrong for the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls. Considered a standard of the industry, the Fan Descender provides a means for significantly increasing the safety of very high stunt falls. The system permits falls to be made under controlled deceleration and with a highly predictable stopping point without limitation of camera angles.

To Philip Greenstreet of Rosco Laboratories for the concept and development of the Roscolight Day/Night Backdrop. This unique photographic scenic backing allows a smooth transition from day to night views with a single backing. The Roscolight backings provide an important new creative tool to filmmakers, saving time, money and stage space.

To Udo Schauss, Hildegard Ebbesmeier and Karl Lenhardt for the optical design, and Ralf Linn and Norbert Brinker for the mechanical design of the Schneider Super Cinelux lenses for motion picture projection. These projection lenses provide a significant improvement in the quality of the cinema viewing experience.

To Glenn M. Berggren for the concept, Horst Linge for research and development, and Wolfgang Reinecke for the optical design of the ISCO Ultra-Star Plus lenses for motion picture projection. The unique optical design of the Ultra-Star Plus projection lenses achieves unprecedented edge-to-edge uniformity of illumination, combined with a significant increase in screen brightness, thus providing a substantial improvement in the cinema viewing experience.

To Bill Tondreau of Kuper Systems, Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics, and David Stump of Visual Effects Rental Services for the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery. These systems digitally record live action camera and axis data with practically no impact on the live action production process, allowing compositing for visual effects to become faster and more cost-effective.

To Venkat Krishnamurthy for the creation of the Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Development. This system streamlines the creation of 3D computer graphics models by allowing artists to convert the data from automatically scanned physical models into a user-specified configuration of patches well suited for use in computer applications.

To George Borshukov, Kim Libreri and Dan Piponi for the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets. This component of the Manex Visual Effects Virtual Cinematography System provides theatrical-quality virtual settings.

To John P. Pytlak for the development of the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) system. The LAD system has become the standard method used by film laboratories and digital film recording facilities for effective and uniform control of color and exposure in camera negatives, interpositives and duplicate negatives.